Ram Niwas Jat v. Union Of India & ORS
$~13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 5880/2019 RAM NIWAS JAT .....Petitioner Through:
Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv.
versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents Through:
Mr. Nirvikar Verma, SPC with Mr.
Hemendra Singh, Asstt. Commdt.
(Law), BSF.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR
O R D E R
% 30.09.2024 1.
This Court, in its Order dated 14.08.2024, had perused the original record on the plea of the petitioner that he had not signed the Plea of Guilt in the Summary Security Force Court (in short, 'SSFC'). This Court had noted that the signatures of the petitioner, as appearing on the Plea of Guilt in the SSFC, are not at all matching with his signatures found in the Record of Evidence. This Court, therefore, prima facie found that the petitioner's signatures on the Plea of Guilt in the SSFC were fabricated either by the Commandant or by another official under his instructions, and time was granted to the respondents to obtain instructions. 2.
On 22.08.2024, at the insistence of the learned counsel for the respondents, the signatures of the petitioner were again examined by this The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 05/10/2024 at 10:54:41
Court, and the prima facie findings recorded in the Order dated 14.08.2024 were reiterated.
3.
Today, the learned counsel for the respondents submits, on instructions, that the petitioner shall be reinstated in service with all consequential benefits, within a period of four weeks from today. He further informs the Court that on the plea of the petitioner that he had not signed the Plea of Guilt, the Director General has also directed that the signatures be sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (in short, 'CFSL') for its report.
4.
We expect that on receipt of the report from the CFSL, appropriate action shall be taken thereon.
5.
In view of the above developments, the Impugned Orders dated 30.07.2018 and 05.02.2019 are hereby quashed. The respondents shall reinstate the petitioner with full consequential benefits within a period of four weeks from today. The respondents shall also take appropriate action based on the report received from the CFSL.
6.
The petition is accordingly disposed of with the above directions. NAVIN CHAWLA, J SHALINDER KAUR, J SEPTEMBER 30, 2024/ss/SJ Click here to check corrigendum, if any The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 05/10/2024 at 10:54:41